Sentence examples for societal capacity from inspiring English sources

A growing volume of scholarship and policy practice focuses on developing societal capacity to guide transitions of socio-technical systems toward more sustainable alternatives.

Here's a snippet that is particularly relevant: Human communities will always be in harm's way even as we improve our technological and societal capacity for withstanding threats — either natural or of our own making.

By investigating the question of prevention, they join the more general concern that emphasizes the recognition of societal capacity to move on from a fatalistic view towards prevention and more resilient territories (Guillier 2016a).

The complex, variable and dynamic nature of volcanic activity creates a multi-dimensional impact on people and assets, influenced by physical and social vulnerability and societal capacity to respond.

Many attempts have been made to estimate vulnerability at both global (e.g. Brenkert and Malone 2005) and regional scales (e.g. Emrich and Cutter 2011) by combining measures of climate change impact and societal capacity to address these impacts, mostly in terms of their capability to adapt (adaptive capacity).

The soaring costs of an increasing number of new drugs (specially for cancer and rare diseases) threaten to supersede societal absorbing capacity, competing with other health and outside health sector resources.

Nevertheless, relatively few empirical studies have questioned how new trends in public governance, occurring independently of accumulating knowledge about adaptation, affect societal adaptive capacity.

In the approach reported here, vulnerability comprises three key elements: (i) the potential impact; (ii) the level of adaptation in place to reduce that impact; and (iii) the societal coping capacity available to address the impact that remains after adaptation (Fig.  1a).

We selected the case of Brazil for two key reasons: First, to provide a good example of how Global Fund investments can strengthen government and civil societal commitments and capacity to respond to relatively neglected diseases, such as TB, as well as increased coordination and accountability within and between government and civil society.

Still, there's much to marvel at in such a supposedly anti-societal band's capacity for showbiz.

Together Duke has targeted three challenges that reflect societal relevance, internal capacities for reflection and action, and alignment with Duke's strategic priorities: Energy and Water Resources; Race, Religion, and Citizenship; and Population Health.